The American Law Review, Volume 50Little, Brown, and Company, 1916 - Law |
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... common crime on the frontier . As the horses roamed about loose , the crime was easily accom- plished , and was accordingly just as severely punished , usually by hanging . A friend told me that his grandparent " blew off " the head of ...
... common crime on the frontier . As the horses roamed about loose , the crime was easily accom- plished , and was accordingly just as severely punished , usually by hanging . A friend told me that his grandparent " blew off " the head of ...
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... Law of Paris , " and based his decisions on " right " regardless of the technicalities of the law . How he applied the Common Law of Blackstone , the Civil Law of Paris , and the principles of " right and wrong , " all at the same time ...
... Law of Paris , " and based his decisions on " right " regardless of the technicalities of the law . How he applied the Common Law of Blackstone , the Civil Law of Paris , and the principles of " right and wrong , " all at the same time ...
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... laws under Elizabeth , which , in the middle ages , had not been needed and , therefore , were unknown . This movement , described by More , was the beginning of the system of enclosing common lands which afterward wrought such havoc ...
... laws under Elizabeth , which , in the middle ages , had not been needed and , therefore , were unknown . This movement , described by More , was the beginning of the system of enclosing common lands which afterward wrought such havoc ...
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... common people but to their rulers also . If kings , capitalists , and legislators are in- clined by their nature , by ambition , pride , or idleness , to do wrong , how can we bridle their power and despotism ? Is not law the means ...
... common people but to their rulers also . If kings , capitalists , and legislators are in- clined by their nature , by ambition , pride , or idleness , to do wrong , how can we bridle their power and despotism ? Is not law the means ...
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... common : wealth by their example ; to be severe to the people is to punish that ignorance , which may in great part be imputed to the sovereign whose fault it was , that they were no bet- ter instructed . " When Hobbes , the " grand ...
... common : wealth by their example ; to be severe to the people is to punish that ignorance , which may in great part be imputed to the sovereign whose fault it was , that they were no bet- ter instructed . " When Hobbes , the " grand ...
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